“What, what is it?”
Seongjun twitched and withdrew his hand.
What’s going on, this woman?
“Hugging? Kissing? Or maybe more?”
Yura blinked her eyes as if she were genuinely curious and added, “I’m surprisingly conservative when it comes to physical intimacy before dating. So, how about starting from today?”
“Starting from today?”
“My stomach is growling, but how about we eat first and talk slowly? Oh, can I call you ‘Oppa’?”
“Oppa?”
Yura looked straight into Seongjun’s eyes and smiled slyly.
Seongjun was so bewildered that he burst into nervous laughter.
“Hey, Choi Yura! I’m already thirty-five and I’m unemployed. I even got rejected at a part-time job interview today because of my age. I’m someone who can’t even find a job, you know.”
She’ll probably mock me as a pitiful person who can’t even secure a part-time job, right?
But to his surprise, Yura patted his arm and comforted him instead.
But to Seongjun’s surprise, Yura patted his arm and comforted him.
“Oh, I see. You must be feeling down. Let’s eat something quickly. You need to eat well to regain your strength for job hunting.”
What’s this? In most cases, wouldn’t a woman run away in a situation like this?
No, she completely cut off any interest in the fact that I’m unemployed from the beginning, so there’s no need for her to run away.
“I’ve run out of money now, so I’m even thinking about selling myself.”
“Oh, well, at least you don’t have any debt. That’s a relief.”
“A relief?”
Seongjun was speechless at Yura’s nonchalant attitude.
The more he tried to push her away, the more he felt drawn to her.
This woman is formidable.
The next day, Tuesday afternoon.
The product planning team’s meeting room had a tense atmosphere for the first time in a while.
In the midst of it all, Dohyuk sat with a troubled expression.
Dohyuk coldly asked while flipping through the presentation materials, “Manager Park, is this the revised version?”
“Yes, it is…”
Manager Park, who had been leisurely sipping instant coffee, suddenly straightened up in her chair.
“The competitive product analysis data looks all jumbled up. Please revise it by today.”
“So soon?”
“Wasn’t it supposed to be done by yesterday?”
“…Yes, I understand.”
Manager Park replied with a deflated tone.
It’s been a million years since Manager Park confirmed overtime!
Since she used to slip away effortlessly like a water deer, Jaein was slightly amused.
But it’s quite severe.
Yesterday during the meeting, she was unusually lenient.
“I wonder if it’s because of what happened last night?”
The failed kiss incident where she pushed away, was it because of that?
Last night, just like the night before, Jaein had trouble sleeping. She left her house early in the morning to avoid Dohyuk all day.
The precarious moments with Dohyuk were vividly replaying in her mind.
His strong arms and chest that had pulled her close.
His moist eyes that seemed like they could soak even deeper.
The soft voice that had gently flowed through his slightly parted lips.
“I can’t keep holding back now. It feels suffocating, like I’m going crazy.”
She had almost succumbed to the overwhelming passion, despite her resolve to pretend not to notice.
She wanted to feel his sweet lips once more.
She felt embarrassed about these thoughts and wondered how many times she had kicked the blankets in frustration, trying to gather her shaken emotions throughout the night.
“If it’s this severe… Is it really just dissatisfaction?”
Why, after 27 years of lying dormant, have these desires suddenly awakened now, and why is it that they’re surging forth, directed solely at Cha Dohyuk of all people?
“Is it because Team Leader’s appearance is excessively splendid?”
It’s possible.
Dohyuk, dressed in a perfectly tailored charcoal gray suit, looked so incredibly handsome today that it was impossible to look away.
Even the furrowed brow, seemingly dissatisfied, tempted the impulse to gently caress it.
“I’m going crazy! Seo Jaein, what are you thinking!”
Tonight, she was pondering how to spend time alone with Dohyuk.
What if the team leader barges in again like last night?
Chilling.
Jaein’s mind turned as blank as a sheet of paper.
It was due to the intense premonition that something irreversible was about to happen.
Due to a strong premonition that something irreversible was about to happen.
“Team Leader Seo?”
“Yes?”
Jaein, who had lost herself in thought, snapped back to reality at the sound of her name.
Dohyuk was looking at her with one eyebrow raised.
“Team Leader Seo, is the production of the diet convenience food samples going well?”
“Oh, yes. We should be able to receive the first batch of samples around next week.”
Jaein was overseeing the production of diet convenience food, which featured five selected ingredients—mushrooms, seaweed, chicken breast, konjac, and tomatoes—chosen through customer surveys.
“When exactly?”
“Probably… around Wednesday?”
“Confirm the schedule precisely and report back today.”
“Yes, I understand.”
My Arch-enemy Sealed My Memory and Said That He is My Husband
This is an incredibly captivating story that you absolutely shouldn’t miss! I’ll give a brief introduction here, and below you’ll find a detailed synopsis of the plot.
The female lead is a fierce and powerful demon king. The male lead is a once-in-a-millennium celestial lord, admired by the entire cultivation world.
They are equally matched, legendary rivals who have battled for centuries.
In the final duel, the female lead is gravely injured. The male lead saves her, seals her memories, and hides her true identity. He tells her that he is her fiancé. His entire life has been flawless—except for the one thing he never expected, never controlled, and never wanted to control: falling for his greatest enemy. She is his inner demon, his obsession.
When the female lead regains her memories, she is furious at his deception.
She makes his life a living hell.
And somehow, the male lead—possibly a total masochist—doesn’t mind at all. In fact, he’s happy she’s paying attention to him.
Yep, we’re back to my favorite trope: male lead suffering. If you love this kind of story, jump into the pit with me now!!!
Intro
Dong Xia lost her memory.
Her handsome and extremely powerful fiancé Li Qing comforted her: “It’s okay if you can’t remember. I’ll always be with you.”
Everyone thought Dong Xia’s ancestors must have burned incense to get such a perfect fiancé. He was the number one person in the immortal realm, yet he remained chaste and only loved her.
…
The day before marrying her fiancé, Dong Xia finally remembered everything.
She wasn’t suffering from memory loss at all.
Her arch-enemy had made her fake her death, destroyed her cultivation, replaced her memories, and pretended to be her deeply in love fiancé.
No wonder he said, “It’s okay if you can’t remember”!
Dong Xia laughed coldly as she pulled out her long knife: Li Qing, prepare to die 🙂
*
Li Qing, as the supreme being of the immortal realm, was the people’s shining beacon.
The only unknown stain in his life was his affection for Dong Xia, the ruler of the demon realm.
In the final battle of the war between immortals and demons, the sky collapsed and the earth shattered. The ruler of the demon realm was finally slain under the sword of the supreme being of the immortal realm, and everyone in the immortal realm applauded.
The cultivation world lost a ruler of the demon realm.
And in the back mountain of Li Qing’s cave dwelling, he secretly hid away a fiancée.
Notes:
1. The female lead is white on the outside, black on the inside, and the queen of flattery; the male lead repeatedly tests the edge of darkness, a VIP guest at the crematorium.
2. Fantasy cultivation world setting.
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